·State program
Family Caregiver Support Program
The OAA, through FCSP, seeks to provide a local, multifaceted system of support services to (1) unpaid family caregivers of older adults, and (2) grandparents, or other older relatives, with primary caregiving responsibilities for a child.
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
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Does the person receiving care live in California?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
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Does your relationship to the person — child, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
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Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (60–null)?
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Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
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Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
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Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
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What documents do you need from us to start an application?
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Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Age of the person receiving care
“Older care receivers must be age 60 years or older, or individuals of any age with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological and organic brain dysfunction.”
aging.ca.gov →Applicant age
“Eligibility for FCSP services requires that an older adult’s family caregiver must be 18 years of age or older.”
aging.ca.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“Grandparent or other older relative caregivers must be age 55 or older.”
aging.ca.gov →
How to apply
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Contact your local Area Agency on Aging (AAA); locate it by selecting your county on the Find Services in My County page of the CDA website, or call 800-510-2020.